Dryolestes

Dryolestes is an extinct genus of Late Jurassic mammal from the Morrison Formation and the Alcobaça Formation of Portugal. The type species Dryolestes priscus is present in stratigraphic zones 2, 5, and 6.^[1][2]

Dryolestidae	Kurtodontinae Crusafontia Achyrodon Phascolestes Dryolestinae Amblotherium Laolestes Krebsotherium Guimarotodus Dryolestes priscus Dryolestes leiriensis

Dryolestes Temporal range: Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian–Tithonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Dryolestes priscus lower jaw
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Dryolestida
Family:	†Dryolestidae
Subfamily:	†Dryolestinae
Genus:	†Dryolestes Marsh, 1878
Species
Dryolestes priscus Marsh, 1878 (type) Dryolestes leiriensis Martin, 1999
Synonyms
Herpetairus Marsh, 1879

See also

• Prehistoric mammal
  • List of prehistoric mammals
• Paleobiota of the Morrison Formation